Anthony iske



( No Model.)

A. ISKE. CASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

No. 447,828. Patented Mar. 1-0,- 1891.

WITNESSES IN VEJVTOR 74% W B716- A .dttornelz NITED I STATES ATENT'Fries.

ANTHONY ISKE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO D. F.BUOIIMILLER, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-CARRIER APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,828, dated March10, 1891.

Application filed May 22, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ANTHONY ISKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCash-Carrier Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to cash-carrier apparatus for store-service andto mechanism for varying the inclination of the same both in pitch anddirection,in order that the cashcarrier may be caused to travel backwardand forward between two points. For this purpose I employ twovertically-movable bars, to which the ends of the track or carriersupporting wire are attached, these bars being provided withspring-catches, which engage with fixed catches above them, so thateither bar may be automatically held for a time at its highest positionwhen raised thereto. I also provide each of said bars with a fixedguide-bar and 'yokes or bearing-plates with anti-friction pulleys orrollers embracing the same. The movable bars are also provided withhandles or cords and pulleys, or both, for raising and lowering them.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view in elevation ofthe entire line, including the lifting and lowering devices at each end.Fig. 2 represents an enlarged view in elevation of one of the movablebars and its attachments. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 represent detail views.Figs. 6 and 7 represent views in side elevation and cross-section of thecarrier.

A designates the wire serving for a track, on which runs a cash-carrierB. Each end of this wire is connected to a hook a, formed on the end ofa bolt 0, which passes through the upper part of a movablesupporting-bar D and also through a spring-catch E, attached thereto. Athumb-nut 0 holds the said bolt cash-drawer I) let into its side.

Serial No. 352,687. (No model.)

in frontof itthat is to say, on the side nearer the cash-carrier and themovable bar. The lower-plates G are bentbehind the said guiderod towardeach other. The construction and arrangement of these parts F, G, H, andI is such as to allow a considerable tilting forward or backward of theupper part of said movable bar. hen the upper part of the latter istilted forward and the spring-catch E is drawn against it, the latterwill be in position to engage a fixed catch J, having, preferably, theform of a conical-headed screw extending downward from a block or arm K,which is fastened to the guide-rod T by a set-screw t. This guide-rodpreferably extends down from the ceiling, but may be fixed in any otherway. A small screw a, passing through springoatch E into supporting-barD, guides it and prevents it from bending back too far. For 7convenience of lifting and lowering, the supporting-bar is provided witha downwardlyextending handle D and also with a liftingcord O. The latterextends from the bracket plates F or any other attachment of said bar upto and over a fixed pulley P. Only one of said supportingbars is shownas provided with this cord. In all other respects they and theirattachments are identical; but it is obvious that either of them mayhave the cord only or the handle only. \Vhen either supporting-bar isthus raised, the cash-carrier being at that end of the track, the firsteffect of the downward rolling of the car will be to draw thespring-catch E, attached to said bar, 5 toward the latter, and said barwill lee-simultaneously tilted in the same direction, bringing saidcatch into position to engage the fixed catch aforesaid. Thesupporting-bar 4 and that end of the track will then be held 9 therebyin this elevated position, the track inclining downward toward the othersupporting-bar. When the cash-carrier is to return, this supporting-baris tilted backward to free catch E and the other one is raised until itscatch E engages in like manner.

The carrier B, which I prefer to use with the above-describedappliances, consists of a block of Wood properly shaped and having a Thesaid drawer is held by a spring b against accidental dislodgment. At theends of said block plates 13 extend upward, being recessed on top at bto guide the wire track A and hold it straight for perfect contact withthe grooved rollers or track-wheels B which run on said wire. Theserollers or track-wheels are journaled in pairs of bearing-plates b,which extend upward in pairs from said block, being attached to thesides thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isi 1. Acash-carrier track, in combinationwith vertically movable supports for the ends thereof, fixed catchesarranged above said supports, spring-catches attached to said supportsand arranged for engaging said fixed catches, guiding devices for saidmovable supports, and lifting-cords for the same, the ends of said trackbeing attached so as to draw on said spring-catches, substantially asset forth.

2. In combination with a cash-carrier track, a vertical] y-movable barDfor supporting one end of the same, a fixed catch J, arranged above saidbar, a spring-catch E, carried by said bar and arranged to engage saidfixed catch, and a bolt 0, attached to said springcatch and extendingthrough said bar, one end of the said track being attached to said bolt,substantially as set forth.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY ISKE. \Vitnesses:

J As.,B. DONNELLY, P. DONNELLY.

